how to stop a Playing/running wavefile

hello

How to stop a wavefile thats running. i want to have it through menu operation. like file -- stopplay. and as soon as i click on stopplay it will stop playing the running wavefile...

any ideas??

radhika

VB Code:

Option ExplicitOption Explicit
Private Declare Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "PlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszName As String, ByVal hModule As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
 
Const SND_APPLICATION = &H80    ' look for application specific association
Const SND_ALIAS = &H10000       ' name is a WIN.INI [sounds] entry
Const SND_ALIAS_ID = &H110000   ' name is a WIN.INI [sounds] entry identifier
Const SND_ASYNC = &H1           ' play asynchronously
Const SND_FILENAME = &H20000    ' name is a file name
Const SND_LOOP = &H8            ' loop the sound until next sndPlaySound
Const SND_MEMORY = &H4          ' lpszSoundName points to a memory file
Const SND_NODEFAULT = &H2       ' silence not default, if sound not found
Const SND_NOSTOP = &H10         ' don't stop any currently playing sound
Const SND_NOWAIT = &H2000       ' don't wait if the driver is busy
Const SND_PURGE = &H40          ' purge non-static events for task
Const SND_RESOURCE = &H40004    ' name is a resource name or atom
Const SND_SYNC = &H0            ' play synchronously (default)
 
Dim strFileName As String
 
Private Sub cmdPlay_Click()
    strFileName = "C:\WINNT\Media\Windows Logon Sound.wav"
    PlaySound strFileName, ByVal 0&, SND_FILENAME Or SND_ASYNC
End Sub
 
Private Sub cmdStop_Click()
    strFileName = vbNullString
    PlaySound strFileName, ByVal 0&, SND_PURGE
End Sub

Or you can use the Windows Media Control